Pathway & Driveway Lighting

Path lighting adds a warm and inviting touch to your outdoor spaces by brightening walkways, stairs, and garden paths, ensuring safety after dark. Whether you want to accentuate architectural details, guide guests to your front door, or enjoy your garden in the evening, the right path lighting can transform the look and feel of your property.

When designing your outdoor lighting system, we prioritize safety for areas with sidewalks, walking paths, and especially steps and stairways.

Driveway Lighting: Here in the mountains of Western North Carolina our customers often have driveways that can be quite tricky to navigate.If your home is at a higher elevation, the driveway might even be slightly dangerous.

We utilize similar fixtures and installation techniques for both applications, tailored to the specific needs of the property. Here are a few fixture types we may use to illuminate these areas.

Top Hat Style Bronze Area Light: Typically ranging from 12" to 22" in height, this popular path light option seamlessly fits into almost any lighting system. The fixtures are available in a variety of materials, such as cast brass and machined aluminum, finished with an aged bronze or black enamel coat. Copper and stainless options are also available.

Well Lights and Recessed Marker Lights: These lights offer a subtle way to illuminate pathways and sidewalks. By installing the fixtures flush with the ground, they remain discreet and less noticeable. While marker lights provide less intense illumination, they create a gentle outline around hard edges and paths.

Modern L Shape Fixture: The Modern “L” Path Light features an integrated LED and is available in an architectural bronze or black finish. This stylish path light offers a sleek design with side illumination, making it perfect for contemporary landscape designs and new construction homes.

Down Lighting: Downlighting is a popular choice for illuminating driveways, especially if you have large trees along the way. This technique involves strategically placing lights high up in the trees and pointing them downwards to effectively illuminate the driveway. This not only creates a unique and welcoming atmosphere but also allows for the casting of interesting shadows onto the driveway, depending on the height of the lights.

Post Light Fixtures and Pier Mounted Lights: Some homes feature post or pier mounted light fixtures to illuminate walkways and driveways. These lights are typically wired into the home's 120-volt electrical system controlled by a switch somewhere in the home or possibly connected to the home's natural gas supply lines. We can modernize and update these fixtures by wiring them into the low voltage system, synchronizing with the rest of the outdoor lighting to enhance efficiency.